Vending machine



F.F.MOLLOY VENDING MACHINE 4 2 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 26 1926. 1,571,167 F. F. MOLLOY VENDING MACHINE Filed August 25, 1924 2 SheetLSheet 2 IN ve/v TOR' Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

FRANCIS FERDINAND MOLLOY, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed August 25, 1924. Serial No. 733,988.

/ 10 all whom t may conce/1%:

Be it known that I, FnANois FERDINAND MoLLoY, a citizen of the United States of America, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Vending Machine, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to a vending machine as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the san1e.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of'an acceptable -form o1 the invention.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the operation of slot machines adapted to the. delivery of the goods following the actuation of a lever assisted by the c oin or coins dropped into the slot or slots forming the opening to the chutes; to insure accuracy in the sales receipts; to avoid delays and losses incident to stoppages through repairs to complicated machinery; to enable the seller to dispose of goods requiring different coins to make up the sal-e price; and generally to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for the aforesaid purposes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete machine.

FiOure 2 is an enlarged detail of the o3- erating levers showing the start of the stroke.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail of the operating levers showing the finish ot the stroke. f

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a goods container and goods with slot closure operating weight.

Figure 5 is a perspective detail ot the operating levers before operation.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view showing operating mechanism at the iinish ot a stroke.

Figure 7 is a. vertical sectional view showing operating mechanism previous to a stroke.

Figure 8 is a detail of a coin chute showing a rear view.

Figure 9 is a sectional detail of a coin chute.

Figure 10 is a cross sectional view on the line 10-10 in Figure 8. f

Referring to the drawings, the stop bars i Y and 21 are formed with the pivot lugs 22 and 23 towards the upper ends and the offsets 24 and 25 forming the crotch 26 and stop notches 27 and 28.

The fan tails 29 and 30 extend downwardly from the offsets 24 and 25 and cross one another the tail 29 having a spacing lug 31 thereacross. y

The sheet metal facings 32 and 33 are mounted on the bars 20 and 2li and form flat coin tubes 34 and 35 having the inclined bottoms 36 and 37 and the coin outlets 38 and 39 facing one another adjacent to said bottoms and made through the inner walls of said tubes.

The pivot 40 extends through the bar 41 and through the lugs 22 and 23 and'is suitably secured, the lug 22 being on the outer surface of said bar and the lug 23 on the inner surface: The springs 42 and 43 secured to the bar 41 and pressing on the bars 20 and 21 maintain the crotch 26 closed under normal conditions and the stop notches 27 and 28 crossed under the operating lever 44.

rihe bar 41 forms part of the front frame 45, which is of rectangular shape having the sides 46 and 47, bottom 48 and top 49.

The coin chutes 50 are secured by the brackets 51 and screws 52 to the top bar 49 of the frame 45 and each chute is formed with the flaring mout-h 53 leading into the oval tubular portion 54, which is slightly inclined and open at the bend 55 where the chute opens out to be closed in by the inwardly curled sides 56 and 57, these curled sides meeting at their lower ends 58 and 59 and tapering upwardly to disappear in the closed portion of the tube.

The lugs 60 extend into the coin tubes 34, thereby maintaining the said chutes 50 always in alignment with the tubes 34.

The coin chutes 61 are of oval cross sectional shape throughout and similarly secured by brackets 62 to the bar 49 and have much the same incline and the lugs 63 eX- tending into the coin tubes 35.

The lugs 60 and 63 project from the outer sides of the chutes 50 and 61 at the lower ends for straightening up the coins to their proper positions to enter the coin tubes through which they pass and act as rollers in operating the levers 44, said coins rolling against the lugs 65 and 66 extending from the bars 20 and 21, therefore it will be seen that when the coins roll clear of the tubes they are stopped by the lugs 65 and 66 on either side and parted by the lever 44 which splits the coins and crotch 26, the feather lug 67 from said levers 44 having a curved under side to account for the diiference in sizes of the coins, as in operation the coins being one behind the other curved under surface of said feather lug 67 so meets the coins as to split them evenly in bringing them up against the sides of said lever.

The chutes 50 also have attached to their rear sides the guides 68 and 69, which direct misplaced coins into separate compartments.

The levers 44 have the thumb pieces 70 secured to their outer ends by the screw bolts 71 through the pinch lugs 72 and corresponding slots in the levers and are suspended from the top of the frame 45 by the springs 73. The levers 44 at their inner ends are secured on the pivots 74 mounted in the rear frame 7 5, which is formed of end pieces 76, cross bars 77 and 7 8, shelves 7 9 and the upper sections 80 for said pivots 74, said shelves being formed with upstanding container iianges S1 and plunger slots 82.

The plungers 83 are slidably mounted on the rods 84 and are pivotally joined to the long legs of the crank levers 85 by the links 86, said levers 85 being pivoted at 37 in the upper frame sections 80, from which the short legs extend frontwardly and are pivotally joined to the levers 44 by the links 8S It will thus be seen that on dropping a larger sized coin into a chute 50 and a smaller sized coin into a chute 61 that these coins will slide down into the coin tubes 34 and 35 and roll out of the outlets 36 and 39 against the lugs 65 and 66. The particular lever 44 may now be pressed down and in place of coming into contact with the crotch 26 the feather lug 67 slices between the coins7 which then act as rollers between the side surfaces of the levers 44 and the lugs 65 and 66. The said lever thus spreads the stop bars 20 and 21 and opens the crotch 26 to permit the lever to be moved downwardly against the pull of a spring 73. rilhe cranklever 85 is thus operated through its link connection with the lever 44 and this moves the plunger to its rear position behind the container flanges 81. The spring 73 returns the lever 44 to its original position and this moves the plunger frontwardly between the container flanges 81.

The goods containers S9 are here shown as in rectangular shape in cross section having the vertical slot from the top downwardly in the front wall and formed at the bottom to lit 'over the iianges 81, each container having the iianges 91 and 92 near to the lower end to support the packages 93, when the plunger 83 is moved to its rear position behind the lowermost package. r1`he package in its frontward movement is pushed through the package opening in the front wall of thev container out to the delivery shelf 94 of the machine. The shelf 94 is secured to the front of the rear frame 7 5 and to the sides of the front frame 45 and slopes downwardly preferably in an easy curve.

All the mechanism aforesaid is enclosed in the casing 95 having the side walls 96 and 97, the back 98, the top 99, bottom and the upper front wall 101 meeting the outwardly and downwardly curved lower front wall 102, the latter terminating above the bottom to expose the lower portion of the shelf 94. The coin slots 103 andr 104 are made in the lower front wall 102 adjacent to the upper front wall 101 and the label slots 105 are arranged in the latter above the pairs of slots.

The lever slots 106 are made in the lower front wall 102 intermediate of the height thereof and the levers 44 project therethrough.

rl`he cash drawer 107 slides, outwardly through the side wall 96 and is provided with a suitable lock 108 and this drawer receives all the coins from the coin tubes legiti- -mately linding their way therethrough. Another coin drawer 109 having a lock 110 is placed in a suitable position to catch the smaller coins that fall therein from the larger coin chutes, missing the tubes therebelow as they fail to engage-the inward curled sides of the chute below the upper closed portion thereof. The flaring mouth 111 projects upwardly from the opening 112 to direct the coins.

In ea-ch container S9 a weight 113 is placed on top of the column of packages and these weights carry the lugs 114 projecting through the slots 90. rPhe rocker arms 115 are pivoted in the bearings 116 from the frame. 45 and the lower sections 117 extend downwardly towards the goods containers 89 and continue in the parallel lengths 118. which terminates in the cam ends 119 that are engaged by the weight lugs 114 when the goods are nearly exhausted.

The upper sections 120 extend upwardly and are pivotally joined by the links 121 to the pivoted closure 122 secured vto the frame 45 and these closures move under the several coin slots, being actuated by the descending weights contacting through their lugs with the cam ends of the rocker arms.

This completes the description in detail of the machine and most of the operation will be clearly understood therefrom, but to avoid any confusion in the mind of the person reading this, it may be pointed out thatmany packages of goods such as cigarettes are sold for an odd amount necessitating two coins of different sizes and in order to accommodate slot machines tothe automatic delivery of such goods it is required to have the slots in pairs and the coin chutes and tubes arranged for the sizes of said coins. The coins are dropped into their respective slots and the. lever pushed, which separates the coins and breaks the crotch of the stop members permitting the lever the full down stroke. This moves the plunger from under the columns of packages and they drop down to the container fianges.

The upstroke of the lever draws the plunger forwardly and shoves a package out to the delivery shelf. Should the customer attempt to use a smaller coin in placel of the larger as soon as the small coin leaves the closed portion of the chute it fails to engage the curled sides and idly drops into the receptacle provided therefor and never reaches a coin tube for the operation.

'lo use this machine for single coin operation, one stop bar 123 has a fixed lug 125 and the other 124 receive the coin therefore the fixed lug 125 engages the coin also the lug 126 on the pivo-ted stop bar 124 and the slice of the lever is made between coin and lug instead of between coin and coin.

lVhat I claim is 1. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of pivoted crossed arms forming a lever stop at the crotch and having vertical tube guides with opposingly coin outlets and rolling surfaces, a casing enclosing said niechanism and suitable ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots, chutes extending downwardly from said slots and registering with said tube guides, and a pivoted lever adapted to operate the ejector mechanism and engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing said crossed arms on their pivots and open them at the crotch to avoid said stop.

2. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of pivoted crossed arms forming a lever stop at the crotch and forming coin tube guides at their upper sections with opposing outlets at the inclined bottoms of the tube portions and having rigid lugs opposite to said outlets and crossed tail portions springheld to their closed position, a casing enclosing said mechanism and suitable ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots,

chutes extending downwardly from said slots and registering with said tube guides, and apivoted lever adapted to operate the ejector mechanism and engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing said crossed arms on their pivots and open them at the crotch to avoid said stop.

3. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of pivoted crossed arms having vertical tube guides with crossed lower extensions forming a lever stop and spring-held and lugs from said tube guides forming rolling surfaces for the coins spaced by said lever; a casing enclosing said mechanism and suitablev ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots, chutes extending downwardly from said slots and registering with said tube guides, and a pivoted lever adapted to operate the eject-or mechanism and engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing. said crossed arms on their pivots and open at the crotch to avoid said stop.

4. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of arms pivoted before and behind their mounting respectively and having crossed lower extensions forming a closed crotch and lugs forming rolling surfaces for the coins, a casing enclosing' said mechanism and suitable ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots, chutes extending downwardly from said slots and registering with said tube guides, and a pivoted lever adapted to operate the ejector mechanism and engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing said crossed arms on their pivots and open them at the crotch to avoid said stop.

5. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of pivoted crossed arms forming a lever stop at the crotch and having vertical tube guides with opposingly coin outlets and rolling surface, a casing enclosing said mechanism and suitable ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots, coin chutes secured above said tube guides, and extending downwardly from said slots and havingV closed upper portions and inwardly curlel sides meeting at their lower ends and a pivoted lever adapted to operate the ejector mechanism and engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing said crossed arms on their pivots and open them at the crotch to avoid said stop.

G. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of pivoted crossed arms forming a lever stop at the crotch and having vertical tube guides with opposingly coin outletand rolling surface a casing enclosing said mechanism and suitable ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots, coin chutes sloping to and having lugs extending out to'said tube and a closed upper portion and extreme lower portion forming a rear V-slot having the coin guides therebehind, and a pivoted lever adapted to operate the ejector 'meehanisin aud engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing said crossed arms on their pivots and open them at the eroteh to avoid said stop.

7. A coin controlled machine comprising a pair of pivoted crossed arms forming a lever stop at the crotch and having vertical tube guides with opposingly coin outlets and rolL ing surface, a casing enclosing said meehauism and suitable ejector mechanism and having a pair of coin slots, chutes extending downwardlyfrom said slots and registering with said tube guides, a coin slot closure in angle form having one section end operated by a lever and pivotally secured, a pivoted lever adapted to operate the ejector mechanism and engaging coins on either side and rolling said coins on said surfaces to swing saidl crossed arms on their pivots and open them at the crotch t0 avoid said stop.

Signed at Montreal7 Canada7 this 21st daT of August 1924.

FRANCIS FERDINAND MOLLOY. 

